NEW YORK : United Nations investigator says Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of an \u201cextrajudicial execution\u201d carried out by the Saudi state.<\/p>\n
UN expert, Callamard says she didn\u2019t need anyone else linked to the crime to conclude there was an \u201cextrajudicial execution\u201d. Though she said it\u2019s still not known how high the order to kill Khashoggi went. She reiterated her earlier call for an independent investigation to \u201cvalidate\u201d the findings of investigations by Turkey and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
The kingdom has faced intensifying international pressure to be transparent about the death of Khashoggi. After initially claiming that the journalist left the consulate, Saudi prosecutors said Thursday that Turkish evidence shows the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated. Human Rights Watch says Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s son has left Saudi Arabia and is on his way to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK : United Nations investigator says Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of an \u201cextrajudicial execution\u201d carried out by the Saudi state. UN expert, Callamard says she didn\u2019t need anyone else linked to the crime to conclude there was an \u201cextrajudicial execution\u201d. Though she said it\u2019s still not known how high the order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n